fable (Meaning)

Wordnet

fable (n)

a deliberately false or improbable account

a short moral story (often with animal characters)

a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events

Webster

fable (n.)

A Feigned story or tale, intended to instruct or amuse; a fictitious narration intended to enforce some useful truth or precept; an apologue. See the Note under Apologue.

The plot, story, or connected series of events, forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem.

Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk.

Fiction; untruth; falsehood.

Webster

fable (v. i.)

To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction ; to write or utter what is not true.

Webster

fable (v. t.)

To feign; to invent; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely.

fable Sentence Examples

  1. Aesop's Fables is a collection of fables that have been told for centuries.
  2. The fable of "The Fox and the Grapes" teaches us that it is important to be content with what we have.
  3. The fable of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" teaches us that it is important to tell the truth.
  4. The fable of "The Tortoise and the Hare" teaches us that slow and steady wins the race.
  5. The fable of "The Ant and the Grasshopper" teaches us that it is important to work hard and save for the future.
  6. The fable of "The Lion and the Mouse" teaches us that even the smallest animal can make a difference.
  7. The fable of "The Honest Woodcutter" teaches us that honesty is always the best policy.
  8. The fable of "The Crow and the Pitcher" teaches us that it is important to think outside the box.
  9. The fable of "The North Wind and the Sun" teaches us that sometimes the soft approach is more effective than the hard approach.
  10. The fable of "The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse" teaches us that there is no place like home.

FAQs About the word fable

a deliberately false or improbable account, a short moral story (often with animal characters), a story about mythical or supernatural beings or eventsA Feigned

apologue, parable, tale,allegory, mythology,narrative,myth, morality play, bestiary, legend

fact, reality, fact, reality, actuality, materiality,materiality, actuality, realness,realness

Aesop's Fables is a collection of fables that have been told for centuries.

The fable of "The Fox and the Grapes" teaches us that it is important to be content with what we have.

The fable of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" teaches us that it is important to tell the truth.

The fable of "The Tortoise and the Hare" teaches us that slow and steady wins the race.